In article <87sez4m941.fsf@nightsong.com>,   
   Paul Rubin   wrote:   
   >dxf  writes:   
   >> For reasons one can only speculate Forth Standards have by and large ignored   
   >> numeric string output.   
   >   
   >There is the <# ... #> machinery.  Does that count?   
      
   Definitely.   
   : (UD.) <# #S #> ;   
      
   Actually this is a brilliant design. I was on the trail of something   
   similar to floating point, but I lost it.   
      
   Groetjes Albert   
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   Don't praise the day before the evening. One swallow doesn't make spring.   
   You must not say "hey" before you have crossed the bridge. Don't sell the   
   hide of the bear until you shot it. Better one bird in the hand than ten in   
   the air. First gain is a cat purring.            - the Wise from Antrim -   
      
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